and it is this skeleton that becomes the foundation of coral reef ecosystems. Coral colonies can be either dieocious or hermaphroditic and can also reproduce asexually through fragmentation and ...

Coral reefs are very much the rainforests of the oceans. Not only are they diverse communities, but the coral skeletons - like trees - contain potentially long term records of climate. Aa Aa Aa ...

He used a long pole to leap along the coral reef edge. Darwin’s specimen of Porites coral. This group of corals takes on many forms and its skeleton is a favourite habitat for Christmas tree worms, ...

This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. Microbial endoliths, which inhabit interior pores of rocks, skeletons and coral, are ubiquitous in terrestrial and marine environments. In ...

Assisted by other animals with calcium carbonate skeletons and also coralline algae, corals form complex, three-dimensional reefs. Coral reefs provide an important ecosystem for marine life, offering ...